Damien Rice Quotes
A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.
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A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.
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Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.
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There's, what, 300 films at the Telluride or Toronto or something. How many are those people gonna see? How many of those are actually gonna be in a theater, you know? You know, as an actor, I mean, I learned a long time ago that the fulfillment in this business is the doing of it because you can't rely on anything coming out.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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I just love singing, songwriting and touring.
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There is so much freedom I enjoy in theatre. In films, the roles are limited.
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I scroll through Instagram and Twitter, and whenever I see something that speaks to me, I take a screenshot to save it for red carpet inspiration. Sometimes, if I see an outfit I like on the street, I'll take a picture, too. References are so important.
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A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.
